title: Distribution of mosquitoes in the south east of Argentina and first report on the analysis based on 18S rDNA and COI sequences.
abstract: Although Mar del Plata is the most important city on the Atlantic coast of Argentina, mosquitoes inhabiting such area are almost uncharacterized. To increase our knowledge in their distribution, we sampled specimens of natural populations. After the morphological identification based on taxonomic keys, sequences of DNA from small ribosomal subunit (18S rDNA) and cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) genes were obtained from native species and the phylogenetic analysis of these sequences were done. Fourteen species from the genera Uranotaenia, Culex, Ochlerotatus and Psorophora were found and identified. Our 18S rDNA and COI-based analysis indicates the relationships among groups at the supra-species level in concordance with mosquito taxonomy. The introduction and spread of vectors and diseases carried by them are not known in Mar del Plata, but some of the species found in this study were reported as pathogen vectors.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Biotecnología (INBIOTEC), CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: Leonardo M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Díaz-Nieto
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maciá
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.forename: Juan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Farina
authors.forename: María E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Vidal-Domínguez
authors.forename: M Alejandra
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Perotti
authors.forename: Corina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Berón
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D001483:Base Sequence; D019295:Computational Biology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV